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one of the gouges in the ceiling. It fitted “they sure hadn’t any idea that theyy —

Mc & Mc perfectly! be bumped off within the next few hour:

McLennan McFeely & Prior (Kelowna) Ltd. “The killer,” he muttered under his d I was ones cn ea 6.30 or 7 Sy;
ONE BIG STORE AT YOUR SERVICE breath, “must have been of more than aver: ay ‘ eeeuer 5 chen Sa anoth
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. HARDWARE age height and length of arm. And,” he ats ie oo ae ee Se ;
FURNITURE and CROCKERY reflected, “he was left-handed. Probably ilbrick. 1 got oimeon oF ge an affaday
Beatty Bros. and J. I. Case, Agents the same bird who wore the big boot with for me. I ee ae - or about
Phone: Appliances, Furniture, 44 the patched toe...” Sata Mae se ‘ outside aaa a
KELOWNA, B. C. That night police and detectives went feet aes each the oe a

ee EIS SORE IC SARS Cs BN into a huddle. The brutal murders that 87'S 8 = Ny

Sturtevant porch.”

Another neighbour recailed that Thom
had dropped in on the Sunday morning, a
that when he went to bed that night he

had aroused the entire countryside to a pitch
of terror and frenzy were still surrounded
by an impenetrable wall of mystery. Rob-

Phone 66 i :
ae Be oF Us ee gid ee seen the lights of the Sue home st
: ; : : inkli darkness.
WM. HAUG & SON murderers, left behind such a large amount pee ous Be eae dtgnat
Masons’ Supplies and Coal of loot unless, as Pratt surmised, they’d 3 = ae

they came together, “that, as far as y
know, Thompson was the last person tos
them alive.”

been frightened off by the cockatoo’s cry for

Brick Manufacturers and Tile es i 2
help, believing they’d been discovered.

Kelowna, B. C. 3 Both of the murdered men, it was

learned, did a large business with the sur-
rounding countryside discounting notes,

| = ia a =. a Sees Sort oae ing property, and holding large JOHN VANE )

OCCIDENTAL FRUIT CO. LTD. numbers of promissory notes which bore

:

| the names of many of the most prominent .
| FRUIT and VEGETABLE SHIPPERS || citizens of Pabgmonnth County. Wee pos- General Contractor
| and PACKERS sible that the murderer, fearing foreclosure, @
| Occidental A-1 Canadian Apples had taken this drastic and bloody step to
Registered! offices save his skin, and had deliberately set the ; Manufacturer of
Kelowna and Summerland, B. C. ee ree eee into thinking it SASH, DOORS AND MILLWORK
“I picked these up along the trail taken OF ALL KINDS
Subscribe to THE SHOULDER Srrap_ by the man with the patched shoe,” Pratt
| planked a greenback and a handful of coins IONE Ee
| on the table. “I’ve an idea he had a hole in :
OKANAGAN INVESTMENTS his pocket and this money trickled through KELOWNA British Columbia —
CO. LTD. as he beat it. Collingwood, you and I'll try
REAL ESTATE and follow up the trail of these coins. You,
INSURANCE IN ALL ITS BRANCHES Pinkham and Philbrick, nosey around and
GENERAL FINANCIAL AGENTS get the low-down from the neighbours.
TRUSTS and ESTATES MANAGED Find out if there were any mysterious Success to
Phones 98 - 332 strangers hanging around, and if anyone
Kelowna, British Columbia knows Of SomBSne wih aaheRave Resear THE SHOULDER STRAP
danger of losing his home through fore
closure.” e

As Pratt and his companion disappeared

D. R. BUTT & SONS ith heads bent low along th ic, bush- |
en (ee PaLh el Philbrick ae KELOWNA CLUB |

Wholesale ;
menced a house to house check-up. Daniel |
TOBACCOS and CONFECTIONERY Blake, they learned, had been at the Sturte- Kelowna, B.C. )
vant home at 5.30 the Sunday evening and
Ou and Mom lecDs talked with both the Sturtevant brothers and @
British Columbia the pretty housekeeper. ‘Everyone was

feeling fine,” he assured the detectives,

There Is

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No Substitute for Health
Manufacturers of

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